Valentine

Question 1

Form / Structure

Answer 1

• free verse
• irregular stanzas
• one voice

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

NOT A RED ROSE OR A SATIN HEART
- artificial love
I GIVE YOU AN ONION
IT IS A MOON WRAPPED ON BROWN PAPER
-authentic love
-reveals / conceals
LIKE THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE
-erotic image
- revealing the unseen beauty
LIKE PLATINUM HOOPS SHRINK TO A WEDDING RING
-eternal circle or a manacle
- rare valuable - materialistic - religious connotations

Question 3

Language

Answer 3

• Onion implies truth - reveals - layers of meaning
• Repetition of “will” 
- promise
- contract 
- relates to wedding rings

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

Negative tone
On voice and one narrative
- ambiguity of love

Question 6

Soundscape

Answer 6

No rhyme
- expresses ambiguity of love
Lots of sibilance - reflect violence, possessiveness